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St Cross, Hampshire

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St Cross, Hampshire

The Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is a medieval almshouse in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded between 1133 and 1136. It is the oldest charitable institution in the United Kingdom. The founder was Henry de Blois, Bishop of Winchester, grandson of William the Conqueror, half brother to King Stephen of England.

Administrative County

Hampshire

Traditional County

Hampshire

OS Grid

SU4727

OS Settlement Classification

Other settlement (village, hamlet etc)

Region

South East

Country

England

Police Authority

Hampshire

Other names by which St Cross, Hampshire has been known in the past

Cross Hospital St ~ Cross St

St Cross, Hampshire in John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles" (1887)